Process of preparing organic compounds containing the acetyl group.



M. MUGDAN. PROCESS OF PREPARING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING THE AOETYL GROUP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1909.

Patented Dec.28, 1909.

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PROCESS OF PREPARING ORGANIC GOMPOUNDS CONTAINING THE AGETYL GROUP.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR.18, 1909.

944,372, Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

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Acetyl 'UNITEr) STATES EALETNT me- MARTIN MUGDAN,

or NUlR-EMBERG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR mo FIRM "or conson- "rIUM PI'iR ELEKTROCHEMISOHE Iitiiuscrmn G. M. B. or NUREMBEIRG, GERMANY.

' PROCESS OF PREPARING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OON'DAiNING THE ACETYL GROUP.

To all whom it may, concern:

Be it known thatI, MARTIN MUGDAN, doctor of philosophy, chemist, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at 54 Gugelstrasse, Nuremberg, Kingdom of Bavaria,

German Empire, have invented new and Processes of Pre-.

useful Improvements in paring Organic Compounds Containing the Group, of which the following is a specification] Experiments for enabling silicon tetra chlorid to be used instead of other chlorids, and in particular instead of the costly phosphorous chlorid, for the production ofsorganic acid chlorids or anhydrids, have already been undertake-n. In particular, G. Rauter (Liebz'gs Annalen 270, 260) investigated the reaction of silicon chlorid upon organic acids and their salts. He found that butyric acid and silicon tetrachlorid although not reacting upon each other in acold state, do so when heat is applied. According to' Banter, potassium acetate does not react upon silicon tetrachlorid when heated to 140150 C, in eight hours, even under pressure. It is only after a further eight hours heating to 170180 C; that the conversion to chlorid of potassium, silicic acid and anhydrid was found to be completed upon opening. It is also stated in the German Patent" No. 171,146 that silicon tetrachlorid does not react on acetates even at high temperatures. Contrary 'to these statements I have vfound that silicon tetrachlorid, reacts with acetates such for example as sodium acetate, when heated, and that this reaction'takes place speedily and quantitatively even at normal pressure and with a temperature but little raised, acetyl chlorid or acetic anhydrid being obtained according to the quantitative proportions.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown an apparatus well adapted for use in the practice of my process.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a vertical section through an apparatus for that form of my process, .in which I heat a mixture of silicon tetrachlorid and sodium acetate. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through an'apparatus for.that form of my process, 111 which I conduct silicon tetrachlorid in the form of vapor over the acetate.

The operation may be carried out by allowing silicon tetrachlorid to flow slowly Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. as, race.

\ on to finely pulverized acetate (preferably sodium acetate, or acetate of lime) while agitating and with reflux cooling. It is advantageous'to add an indi-iferent liquid to the salt at the start (when obtaining acetic anhydrid it is preferable to add acetic anhydrid obtained in a previous operation) so that from the beginning a paste is ob tained which is thoroughly agitated, The reaction product. is then distilled off and at the end of the operation a vacuum is preferably employed. The acetate may also be placed in atube and the silicon tetrachlorid may the salt heated to 160180 C. The reaction product is then distilled over directly.

In order to obtain acetic anhydrid I use the materials according to the following :equation:

5101; 4Na(O,H 0,) Silicon tetra- Sodium acetate.

chlorid.

sio, o,H,0).+4Nao1 Sodium chlorid. The intermediary mixed anhydrid decomposes upon distillation into acetic anh drid and silicio anhydrid:

In order to obtain acetyl chlorid I use the materials according to the following equation:

In the use of the apparatus illustrated in.

i Fig. 1, the finely divided acetate is placed in the vessel A mounted upon a suitable gas or other heater and provlded with a suitable stirrer B. The acetateis heated'to say 100 C. and silicon tetrachlorid contained in the reservoir C is allowed, to slowly enter the vessel A through the tube F, the stirrer bein operated during the addition of the ch orid. The heat is continued until all acetic anhydrid or acetyl chlorid (as the case may be) is distilled throu h the pipe G, cooled by the cooler D, into the vessel E.

If I wish to carry out my process by conducting the vapors of silicon tetrachlorid be conducted in the form of vapor over ibi-er the acetate, I my apparatus 133111612 The said container is connected by I the pipe K with the tube in which finely divided acetate, is placed in the vessel M.

p i The silicon tetrachlorid enters the tube L,

and reacts with the acetate, which is heated by a suitable gas or other heater to between 160 and 180 C, The acetic anhydrid or acetyl chlorid formed is distilled through the pipeeN, cooled by the cooler 0, into the vessel P. 1

I claim:

1. The process for the manufactur of oI 1 2. The process for the manufacture of organic compounds containing the acetyl.

group, which consists in allowing silicon tetrachloricl to react upon a metallic acetate at a temperature below 180 C.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. a

MARTIN MUGDAN. \Vitne'sses:

' Enron: BAUM,

LUDWIG SENNINGER'. 

